Iran has scared off most ships from the Strait of Hormuz, leaving some ships to pass through, while most continued to wait outside the strait.

The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz into the crosshairs of yet another geopolitical conflict.

Here's what to know about the Strait of Hormuz, its grave and far-reaching importance, and the threat to the global economy if Iran continues to disrupt the passage for an extended period of time.

With oil markets paralyzed by the U.S.-Iran war, the Trump administration says it could escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz — a massive undertaking that experts say could already be in the preparatory stages.

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran.

The meeting that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will have at the White House originally seemed like a prime opportunity to have President Donald Trump’s ear before he embarked on a trip to Chi

The White House believes tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will increase before Navy escorts are deployed, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

Israel says it killed Iran's top security official Ali Larijani, as America's European allies reject President Trump's demands for help in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz is easy to miss on a world map, a narrow ribbon of water squeezed between Iran and Oman, but it carries an outsized share of the world’s oil and gas. Every day, tankers thread through designated “highways” on the water here,